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Planning on attending our artist showcase & open mic on March 9th!? Grab a ticket to reserve your spot – entry is donation based, and all proceeds will be donated to ACCESS Women’s Health Justice (http://accesswhj.org/)

Tickets are selling fast, but volunteers receive free admission, access to all parts of the conference, and a free EWOCC t-shirt. Volunteer responsibilities include one 3-hour day of shift and one hour-long training session.
EWOCC’s success is dependent on the hard work of our volunteers who assist with all aspects of our conference including but not limited to food service, registration, set-up, and clean-up.
This is an especially great way for WoC allies to be a part of this movement! See link for more information/to sign up!https://goo.gl/forms/ibs7GrZwb44fXLpw1

This year our theme is “2017 Empowering Women of Color Conference | Unbound and Unboxed: Owning, Asserting, and Uplifting our Whole Selves” and we are currently looking for workshop leaders to present at the conference.

The 31st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference invites local non-profits, community and student groups, artists, and makers to table at our 2016 gathering.EWOCC 2016 will feature a Resource & Vendor Fair, which will take place from 12:00 pm – 1 pm outside in Wheeler Plaza. The Resource & Vendor Fair is an opportunity for community and student groups to promote upcoming events and share resources with conference participants. It is also a space for local makers and artists to sell their products. If you are interested in tabling at EWOCC, please complete this form no later than March 11, 2016 here.

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Vendors may not sell food

Vendor spaces are limited. Vendor applications will be approved by the EWOCC planning team. The planning team will privilege applications where the product or resource in question clearly resonates with the themes of the conference.

If your application is approved, set-up procedures and guidelines will be emailed to you. Vendors who plan to sell goods must pay $20; vendors with resources must pay just $12.

If selling items, it is highly encouraged you have a method of accepting credit/debit card.

The 2016 Empowering Women of Color Conference is hosting a youth creative writing contest! This year, we are inviting youth to submit a creative writing piece (essay, poem, or short story) that reflects on the themes of EWOCC 2016. To learn more or to apply click http://goo.gl/forms/LTobbmJKul Deadline for submission is March 13th.

We’re proud to announce that this year’s keynote speaker is Feminista Jones of FeministaJones.com

Feminista Jones is a mental health social worker, sex-positive feminist writer, public speaker, lecturer, and community activist from New York City. She is an award-winning blogger and author of the popular erotic thriller, Push The Button. With a focus on women’s health and well-being, specifically in areas of mental and sexual health, she is currently the Love & Sex section editor at BlogHer.com and former sex columnist at Ebony.com.

Feminista has been featured in several online publications, notably as a contributor to Salon.com and TIME.com, and she has been syndicated in TheRoot.com and TheGriot.com. For two years, she hosted a sex-positive feminist podcast called This Week In Blackness: After Dark, which discussed topics related to sex and sexuality, race, and feminism.

As a public speaker, lecturer, and social commentary expert, Feminista has been regularly featured on Huffingpost Live, has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show and the Exhale Show, and her work has been featured on C-SPAN and MSNBC. In 2013, Feminista was selected as a United Nations Foundation Fellow for her dynamic social media influence. In 2014, she launched a global anti-street harassment campaign (#YouOKSis) and a National Moment of Silence protesting police brutality (#NMOS14), both of which received international media attention. For this work, she was awarded the 2014 Black Weblog Award for Outstanding Online Activism. Feminista has presented at various conferences at universities and, in 2014, she was honored as one of the Top 100 Black Social Influencers by The Root. Feminista is also a mom, a mentor to young girls, and vocal advocate for the homeless.